From reactive to predictive: Google Maps platform solutions for infrastructure management
The cost of reactive infrastructure management in the United States is well documented and consistently underestimated. Los Angeles paid $5 million in pothole-related settlements in 2022 alone. Across the U.K., road-related injury claims totaled over £32 million between 2017 and 2021. These are not freak outcomes — they are the predictable result of infrastructure monitoring systems that detect problems only after they have already caused damage. The technology to prevent them has existed for years. What has been missing is the integration of location data with the AI capabilities needed to act on it autonomously, in real time, at scale. This is precisely what Google Maps platform solutions paired with Vertex AI and Google BigQuery make possible — and it is the foundation of Onix's 2026 "Data + AI + Geo" strategy. By integrating over 280 billion Google Street View images with BigQuery's analytics infrastructure and Vertex AI's modeling capabilities, Onix enable...